How was your weekend? Did you do something enjoyable? Did you watch any good films? Did your videogame promote over one million copies and break the Steam file for a metropolis builder with over 170,000 concurrent gamers inside a single day of launching into early entry?
Not lots of people can reply sure to that final one, however developer Slavic Magic can. In accordance with Hooded Horse, writer of Manor Lords, the early entry metropolis builder had a record-breaking launch:
Since yesterday’s launch Manor Lords has already offered over 1 million copies & hit a peak Steam concurrent participant depend of 170k – highest ever for a metropolis builder (or for different totally different genres like GSG/4x/colony sim). Congrats @LordsManor, we’re honored to function your writer! pic.twitter.com/559uGRp1NOApril 27, 2024
“Since yesterday’s launch Manor Lords has already offered over 1 million copies & hit a peak Steam concurrent participant depend of 170k—highest ever for a metropolis builder (or for different totally different genres like GSG/4x/colony sim),” the writer stated on Twitter.
Not solely does the medieval metropolis builder boast a participant depend that places it within the firm of multiplayer shooters like Helldivers 2 and Apex Legends, however there’s absolutely much more individuals taking part in since Manor Lords can also be on PC Game Cross. Heck, there would possibly even be one or two individuals taking part in it on the Epic Retailer. Loopy, however true!
How do these concurrent participant counts stack up towards different metropolis builder and technique video games? In accordance with SteamDB, Manor Lords tops Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 (162,657 CCU peak) and Cities: Skylines 2 (104,697 CCU peak). Spectacular! Traditionally, no different video games in that class have a peak CCU above 100,000.
However simply because a game is an authorized hit does not imply the work is finished. With all these gamers, there have been so many bug reviews and suggestions threads that the official Discord “bumped into a problem in a single day where the variety of energetic threads exceeded capability.”
Amongst among the points: gamers aren’t thrilled that archers would possibly as properly be throwing marshmallows at their enemies, which Manor Lords’ developer stated will most definitely be addressed in a future patch. (Seems, archers had been OP in an earlier construct in order that they had been nerfed for launch, however maybe a bit too a lot.)
There are different issues, such because the low productiveness of Manor Lords’ sawpits, that would additionally use some consideration, and loads of options that are not but obtainable in early entry. That features odors, apparently: there’s an overlay for “scent” in Manor Lords, indicating that buildings like butchers and tanneries would possibly hassle villagers dwelling too near them.
One factor that will not change, a minimum of: there is a villager with a reputation that appears like a joke however is traditionally correct.
By the way in which, we have been taking part in Manor Lords right together with you. When you’re simply getting began, take a look at our Manor Lords’ newbie’s guide.
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